Evansville's 10 most endangered buildings

ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Archives The Alhambra Theater underwent about a $400,000 renovation project last year on the exterior and entryway using money from federal and municipal grants. The brick work was repaired, building painted and windows were replaced as well as installing more efficient lighting.

ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The buildings known as the Owen Block at 121-127 Chestnut St. are deteriorating due to lack of maintenance. The 1882 second empire style apartment building is in need of immediate help or the building may not be able to be saved.

ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Archives The former armory on the University of Evansville campus is home to several teams that use the facility for practice and locker room facilities.

ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Three National Register properties, 18, 22 and 24 N.W. Sixth St. are being threatened by possible development. The buildings known as the L.E. Long and O’Donnell building are for sale as well as the Roelker house, (c. 1855) which is thought to be oldest building left in the Downtown.

KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press The former Fire Alarm Station at 118 Baker St. is on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press Top: The Henry Cook House at 610 Fulton Ave. is No. 1 on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List. This was home to one of the owners of Cook’s Beer. Middle: The McCurdy building on Southeast First Street. Bottom: The Alhambra Theater underwent about a $400,000 renovation project last year to its exterior and entry using money from federal and municipal grants. The brick work was repaired, building painted and windows were replaced as well as installing more efficient lighting.

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KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press The Charles Geupel House at 416 Washington St. was built in 1890 is on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List.

Kevin Swank, The Evansville Courier & Press

KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press The Henry Cook House at 610 Fulton Ave. is No. 1 on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List. This was home of one of the owners of Cook’s Beer.

Kevin Swank, The Evansville Courier & Press

KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press The Peters-Margedant House at 1506 E. Indiana St. is on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List. It was designed by Evansville native William Wesley Peters, among the first students in Frank Lloyd Wright’s fellowship program and Wright’s leading assistant from 1935 to 1959.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press This boarded up house is at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Garvin Street, part of the Washington Avenue National Register Historic District. The area is on the Preservation Alliance of Evansville’s 2013 Ten Most Endangered List.$RETURN$$RETURN$